3 posts and columns on energy drink

Red Bull Alert for Facebook Engineers: Mark Zuckerberg Promises Many More Feature Launches Coming Soon to a Social Network Near You!

in News on August 19, 2010 at 11:20 am PT

During his introduction of Facebook’s Places geo-location offering yesterday afternoon, like any good geek on launch day, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was hopping excitedly onstage about the rollout and promising more to come in the months ahead. “We have a lot of other interesting launch nights coming out this summer,” he said to the crowd of journalists gathered in the decked-out cafeteria of the social networking behemoth’s HQ in Palo Alto, Calif. Since summer is ending in a few weeks, he and I had a short chat after the presentation about exactly what that meant.

MySpace's Jason Hirschhorn Talks About "Futura," New Logo and Marketing Dude and Bands BoomTown Has Never Heard Of

in News on May 19, 2010 at 5:15 am PT

Yesterday afternoon, BoomTown got on the phone for a little chitchat with MySpace Co-President Jason Hirschhorn about the company’s latest hire, as well as an update on major changes the social networking site is undergoing in its bid to revive itself. Plus, since I have written a lot about the departures of execs there, such as the Partovi brothers, fair is fair to discuss the arrivals!

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Vitaminwater Gets Facebookers Brainstorming on a New Flavor

in News on September 8, 2009 at 8:13 am PT

Vitaminwater ventured into the world of crowdsourcing Tuesday with the launch of a new Facebook application in which users compete to create the energy drink’s newest flavor, even down to the bottle design, to the tune of a $5,000 prize.